The Way of the Center

The arrangement of the opening game last night may be the most successful one in the past five seasons of the NBA. Only one day of the schedule and three games of competition have mobilized the enthusiasm of the fans and even the players to the highest point. Bi~Fun~Ge www.biquge.info

An Jie has been extremely excited since watching the game last night, so during the warm-up, An Jie was also the most active one.

Although it was just a warm-up before the game, the reporters on the sidelines still set up long guns and short cannons, and slapped the players in the middle of the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

There are many very popular teams this season, and the Thunder is one of them. Their every move is the focus of attention of fans and a source of income for journalists and photographers.

Although he has left his rookie period, An Jie has never seen such a formation on the sidelines of a warm-up match before. In the past, they were just a small team that had been unknown in the league, but now, they are the key sales targets of the NBA.

Young, full of vigor and personality, and most importantly, very strong. Such a team is naturally easy to attract attention and will naturally be loved by everyone.

The Chesapeake Energy Arena was full today, and there wasn't a single vacant seat. In the preseason, the Thunder has given people unlimited reverie. With reverie, fans can obediently buy tickets to watch the game.

But the bigger the expectations, the less you can disappoint the fans. Otherwise, the fantasies given to the fans before the game will be counterproductive.

In the first game of the new season, the player introduction ceremony is essential. The atmosphere of the Chesapeake Energy Arena was pushed to the highest point by the passionate shouting of the DJ. All the foreshadowing before the game came to a perfect conclusion. Now, it is waiting for the game itself to start quickly.

Noah and Anjie stood in the middle circle. Noah didn't know much about Anjie, but he was sure that this Chinese man must have grown stronger by more than one level. The last time I saw him, An Jie was still like a bamboo pole. But now, the guy in front of Noah is definitely a strong insider.

Noah knows how dangerous Anjie is, and Bulls coach Thibodeau has emphasized this in the locker room more than once. Thibodeau was Van Gundy's assistant coach back then, and most of his skills were learned from Van Gundy. It can be said that Thibodeau knows Van Gundy, and Van Gundy also knows Thibodeau.

In this kind of game, the two coaches will frequently tell each other their tricks, and there is no secret between them. Therefore, the players' on-the-spot performance is even more important.

Nuoan frowned, his eyes fixed on the basketball in the referee's hand. An Jie's face was relaxed, and he only looked forward to the start of the game. Noah improved a lot last season, but Anjie was so confident when facing this guy.

The referee blows his whistle,

The cheers at Chesapeake Energy Arena soared again. An Jie suddenly jumped and jumped straight into the air. The summer training made his jumping improve a little. Noah's jumping advantage is not obvious now, and his height is at a clear disadvantage. So Anjie won the ball as everyone expected, and the Thunder team is ready to organize the first offense of the new season!

Derrick Rose set his posture. Although he himself has become a lot stronger, he also knows that Westbrook is not standing still. This No. 0 guard's scalpel-like breakthrough can usually take the head straight.

Westbrook observed the running position of his teammates. He didn't choose to pass the ball, but beckoned Anjie to come up for the pick-and-roll. This season, Westbrook is more confident in himself, so he has more opportunities to attack with the ball.

As soon as Anjie's pick and roll was in place, Westbrook kicked off the ground! Rose quickly bypassed Anjie's obstruction, hoping to block in front of Westbrook as soon as possible.

The Bulls coached by Thibodeau are also a tight defensive team. But Westbrook doesn't care how many people are in the penalty area. He resisted Noah and went straight to the layup, throwing himself into the air recklessly.

Noah tried his best to take off to interfere, and Westbrook's movements in the air were completely deformed, but in the end he still scored the ball.

Guard zero fell heavily to the ground, but in just a second, Westbrook got up and ran back to defend. Compared with the previous two seasons, Westbrook has shed a lot of childishness, and has become more cold-blooded and strong.

After that, Rose also responded with a beautiful breakthrough, but when he broke into the inside, the ending was very different from Westbrook.

Anjie's defense is more oppressive than Noah's. Seeing Rose rushing towards the basket like lightning, Anjie quickly took a step sideways. The summer training allowed him to catch up and defend before Rose attacked the frame.

Rose made a layup against Anjie's defense, but Anjie's defensive range was so large that the 2008 No. 1 pick couldn't find any room to make a shot.

Rose wanted to pass, but found that the pass route had already been blocked by the Thunder. With no choice, Ross had no choice but to bite the bullet and make a move.

If it were anyone else, the ball would have been blocked by An Jie long ago. But Rose is naturally strong as the No. 1 pick, and he can still make shots under such extremely difficult conditions. But that's all Rose can do. Although the ball was successfully shot, it didn't hit.

As a student of Van Gundy, Thibodeau also attaches great importance to defense. But today, Anjie told Thibodeau with his actions what a real iron wall is.

After the Thunder's offense, Durant, the youngest scoring champion, finally opened fire. Bulls small forward Luol Deng is also tall and long, and also good at shooting. But Durant is more like an upgraded version of him.

Durant's more proficient off-the-ball running made Luol Deng at a loss, coupled with Morris's more accurate off-the-ball pick-and-roll than before, it created an excellent opportunity for Durant.

However, Loel Deng's strength is also good. Although he was delayed, the South Sudanese player still refused to give up. Seeing Durant raised his hand to shoot, Luol Deng blocked it with all his strength.

But when he just took off into the air, Durant took back the basketball and wiped past him with ease. It turns out that Durant just left his heels off the ground, and didn't actually take off.

After the breakthrough, Durant was not afraid of Noah's supplementary defense, and made an emergency stop jump shot. The basketball circled twice on the hoop, but finally fell into the net.

With Durant's first ball, he easily passed the Bulls' strongest defensive barrier on the outside. And also scored on the head of the Bulls' strongest inside barrier, this is Durant, this is the scoring ability of the youngest scoring champion.

In the subsequent games, the two sides still had exchanges, but it was always the Thunder that had the upper hand. An Jie sat Noah on the inside and hit two shots, both of which were hooks. A strong body did not make his hands feel stiff, on the contrary, it made Anjie perform his technical movements more easily.

In the last two minutes of the first quarter, Bledsoe and Ibaka led the Thunder's second team debut. Thibodeau originally planned to pull back the score when the Thunder's second team debuted, but he didn't expect that the Thunder's second team is now different from the past.

25 to 30, the Thunder temporarily led the Bulls by five points in the first quarter. Although Derrick Rose's breakthrough was very beautiful, his shooting percentage was unsightly. This is inseparable from Anjie's defense on the inside.

As soon as the second quarter started, Rose went into battle. But he found that it is by no means easy to score points on Ibaka. In addition, the Bulls' backup small forward Ronnie Brewer's performance was not satisfactory.

He was originally a scoring guarantee for the Bulls' second team, but no matter what method this guy uses today, he just couldn't score the ball.

And Bledsoe took advantage of the opponent's unfavorable offensive opportunity and played several conversion offenses. Two years ago, people said that Weaver was Westbrook on the Thunder's bench, but that guy almost disappeared last season. But this season, Bledsoe really showed good potential. Not only does he have a good breakthrough, but his shooting ability is not bad. And most importantly, this guy who is so strong that he can be called a small version of James is also very willing to fight.

It is because of Bledsoe that the Bulls' defense has been messed up. Just when they hadn't gained a firm footing, Thunder Thunder's third young master appeared again.

The Bulls have not yet caught their breath, and now they have to face more severe challenges. Westbrook's breakthrough, Durant's shooting, and Anjie's strong inside. Everything San Shao did put the Bulls on the brink of death. If power forward Taj Gibson hadn't scored a few lucky goals, the point difference might have been pulled to double digits at the end of halftime.

53 to 59, the Thunder continued to lead the game and entered the second half with a 6-point advantage.

During the intermission, Thibodeau was still working hard on defense. They let the Thunder's offense play too smoothly, too easily.

But the Thunder can attack more than one or two points. No matter how powerful Thibodeau is, he can't block the Thunder's guards, forwards, and centers.

Therefore, in the second half, either Durant was blocked to death, or Anjie was double-teamed before being circled. But from beginning to end, Thibodeau was unable to completely contain the Thunder's offensive momentum.

In the third quarter, the Bulls improved slightly. After all, they restricted part of the Thunder's offense, but even so, they still failed to tie the score.

The Bulls, who had struggled for three quarters, were finally defeated in the fourth quarter. Although the point difference between the two sides was not large throughout the game, the Bulls did not gain even a minute of lead in the entire game.

In the fourth quarter, the Thunder did not strengthen the offense, but made the defense to the extreme. For the Bulls who were eager to tie the score, this undoubtedly cut off their last straw.

Rose's poor shooting percentage became even lower, and even the always calm Luol Deng lost his shot under such a defense.

Except for the Thunder fans, everyone else was taken aback by the Thunder's performance. The Thunder this season has actually been able to defend to such an extent!

Rose made 12 of 31 shots, and his shooting percentage was only 38%. Loel Deng made 5 of 13 shots, and his shooting percentage was only 38%. Although Noah hit half of the shots, but under Anjie's defense, he only scored 12 points.

92 to 106, when the last second of the game passed, the Bulls players were completely dumbfounded. Thunder, now they can beat them like this!

Durant 30 points, Westbrook 28 points, Anjie 25 points, Ibaka 10 points, Morris 8 points, Bledsoe 10 points. The combined scores of these young people are almost all of the Thunder.

After An Jie won, he just pointed his finger at the sky. There is no need to make An Jie overly happy with the victory of this game, because this is the expected result!

The powerful Thunder showed their strength to the entire league in the first game. Don't be fooled by the Heat's Big Three, this year's Thunder's three young players are also very strong!

The first victory came at your fingertips, and it was so easy to win. The Thunder's new season will undoubtedly reach its pinnacle!